Ἱστός

mast, pole, rod

Translated by Catharine Roth19 Apr 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] an upright.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἱστός· τὸ κατάρτιον.

Betacode

*(isto/s: to\ kata/rtion.

cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.433, where i(sti/a occurs. The (neuter) singular headword can apply to any large piece of timber set upright, including the upright beam which characterised ancient Greek looms: see LSJ s.v.
See also iota 694, iota 695, iota 703.